Student Complaints Procedure: application form



UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Examination Reviews (Postgraduate Qualifications): Application for consideration by the Board of Graduate Studies

Before completing this form, please read the relevant University regulations:

Review of the Results of Examinations for Postgraduate Qualifications

(Statutes & Ordinances, 2016, p. 426 – ).

You are also encouraged to discuss your request for a review with your College Tutor or other adviser.

You should submit this form if you wish to request a review of your examination by the Board of Graduate Studies within three months of the results of the examination being communicated to you. The submission of this form and supporting evidence represents an application to the Secretary for consideration by the Board of Graduate Studies.

You must complete all sections of the form. Please keep your supporting statement clear and concise and make sure that your supporting evidence is objective and directly relevant to your request for a review of your results. Please note that this form and any materials that you submit will automatically be referred to the relevant Degree Committee for response.

Exclusion: the remit of the Board of Graduate Studies is limited to cases that fall within the specified grounds for review; it cannot interfere with the operation of academic judgment. Requests for review that raise issues of academic judgments are therefore likely to be considered ineligible (i.e. disagreements or differences of opinion as to the Examiners’ view of the quality of your work do not in themselves constitute grounds for review).

Send the completed form and your supporting evidence by email to: studentcomplaints@admin.cam.ac.uk

(Please note that the University’s preferred method of correspondence with you will be via email.)

Surname/Family name: _____________________________________ Title: _______

First/Given name(s): ______________________________________________________

College: ________________________________________________________________

Home address: ____________________________________________________________

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Email: ____________@___________________ Tel: ____________________________

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|(b) that procedural irregularities occurred in the conduct of the examination, which were of such a nature as to cause | |

|reasonable doubt as to whether the Examiners would have reached the same conclusion had the irregularities not occurred | |

|[Substantial and significant administrative errors or regulatory breaches or inappropriate application of marking and | |

|classing criteria.] | |

|(c) that there is demonstrable evidence of prejudice, bias, or inadequate assessment in the examination process | |

|[A significant, negative connection between an examiner and a student which prevents the exercise of proper judgment; | |

|objective evidence that an Examiner could not have impartially assessed the work in question; a lack of due diligence on one| |

|or more Examiners’ part.] | |

2. Please set out clearly and concisely (maximum 750 words) the key points of your request for a review and explain how your application meets the grounds indicated above:

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3. Please provide a clearly organised list of any items of supporting evidence (Important Note: the evidence that you supply must be complete, relevant and proportionate; please ensure that you send your evidence items with your completed Application Form):

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4. Please state what remedy you are seeking in relation to your request for a review

(The options available to the Board of Graduate Studies are set out in the relevant regulations referred to above. Note: these options do not include overruling the examiners’ academic judgments or overruling grading decisions, etc.):

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5. Statement by Student (please tick to indicate your agreement with each statement):

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|• I have read the relevant University examination review regulations. | |

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|• I understand that the University may need to handle personal details about me, which could include sensitive information, | |

|in order to deal with my request for a review effectively. | |

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|• I understand that the University may need to exchange information about my case within the University (for example, to | |

|collect information or to seek statements from relevant persons or bodies); I acknowledge that the University will inform my | |

|College Tutor, confidentially, that I have initiated a review. | |

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|• I understand that I should inform you immediately if any part of my review is being dealt with in a Court or Tribunal, or| |

|any other body. | |

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|• I declare that the information I have given on this form is true, correct and complete, to the best of my knowledge. | |

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|Signed: ________________________________________________________ |

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|Date: ________________________________________________________ |

Receipt of your request for a review will normally be acknowledged within ten working days.

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Form issued by: Office of Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals, 4 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RZ [10/2016]



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